Half Inch Press is proud to present John MartinoÕs debut book, American Sonnet, a rapid-fire series of poems that come together to form a verbal collage of pop culture. Drawing upon ads, fads, snatches of songs, flunkies, junkies, neo-punks, and wrong-headed political punditry, Martino slices, splices, and otherwise Americanizes history itself into one part satire, the other part even more satire. These well-honed poems sing over amplifier distortion and feedback fuzz necessary lyrics, the kind radio canÕt or won't play. This isnÕt an Italian or English sonnet; itÕs the American SonnetÑrude, crude, and very loud., poetry, sonnet, , John Martino| 9781969849008 | 69PAGES